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Lumen News 01/19/2017

Important Upcoming Dates:

January 27th: Deadline to Add/Drop Classes
January 29-Feb 4: Catholic Schools Week 2017
January 30: All Schools Catholic Schools Mass, 10:30am at Our Lady of Guadalupe
January 30: “State of the School” Parent Meeting, 7pm
February 5: Lumen/St. Benedict’s Community Mass, 10:30am
February 13th: Fall Academic Awards Assembly, 2pm
February 15th, 16th: ½ days for Conferences
February 17th: No School, Teacher Inservice
February 20th: No School, President’s Day
February 25th: Lumen’s Great Gatsby Gala, 5:30pm
March 10th: No School, Teacher In-Service
March 13th-17th: No School, Spring Break
April 4-6th: JH Testing Days
April 13th: ½ day, Holy Thursday
April 14th & 17th: No School, Easter Break
May 10th: Baccalaureate Mass, 7pm
May 11th: Graduation, 7pm
May 22nd-24th: Finals
May 24th: Last Day of School
May 25th-26th: Teacher Inservice

Class Add/Drop Deadline: The last day to add or drop any classes is January 27th. Please contact Mrs. Brewer with any schedule changes and/or questions.

Speed Limit Reminder: Just a friendly reminder to parents and student drivers to please be aware of the speed limits around Lumen Christi. As you drive through the neighborhood by the school, the speed limit is only 15 mph in some areas. We received a phone call from a concerned home owner who asked us to remind everyone to drive safely.

Lumen’s Great Gatsby Gala:

ONLY 5 WEEKS UNTIL THE GALA!!!

Gala will be held at Lumen Christi on February 25th, 2017 at 5:30 pm in the gym.
Next Gala meeting is on Thursday, January 19th at 6:30pm in the Library.
For 2016 Gala tax statements: In preparation for the upcoming tax season, if you need a Gala receipt to reflect either your donations or purchases, please contact the Gala committee at gala@lumenchristiak.org.
Signup for Wine donations for share hours here: http://signup.com/go/L5Btum
The Basket committee is looking for some random items to make complete baskets out of donations we have already received. The list is here: http://signup.com/go/nB3fo8
Nearly 400 Gala Invitations were mailed out last week. Individual tickets and tables to attend the event are on sale now. Contact the gala office or Mrs. Estes if you want to purchase.
Now is the time to decide if you would like to attend the event and help out before and/or after, or if you would like to volunteer during event night. There are still several volunteer opportunities available the weekend of the event. The Gala volunteer sign-up sheet can be found here: http://signup.com/go/sEDn4i Not sure how you can help? Just ask and we will help find a job for you.

Daily Mass: No daily Mass on Tuesday, January 24th because Fr. Tom is unavailable. Also, no daily Mass on Monday, January 30th because of All Catholic Schools Mass for Catholic Schools Week.

BP Teachers of Excellence: Nominations for BP Teachers of Excellence accepted at BPteachers.com until February 1, 2017.

Click. Pick. Give: When you choose Pick.Click.Give to benefit Lumen Christi High School, your money supports the education programs that have prepared our students for college and life. Your generous donation ensures that our students continue to be equipped with academic excellence and faith. Thank you for prayerfully considering Lumen Christi on the list of your Pick.Click.Give. donations. Your link to Pick.Click.Give.

Next Scrip Order Date: Our next Scrip order deadline will be Tuesday, January 31st at 3pm. To place an order visit shopwithscrip.com, create an account with Lumen Christi’s enrollment code: B968B67E44853. If you do not wish to create an account right now, simply fill out the attached order form and turn it into the office with payment…It’s that easy! Have any questions? Contact Jessica at 245-9231

Basketball Concession Stand and Gate: Basketball season has begun and there will be a lot of home games this year. Please click on the following link to volunteer to help with concessions and gate. http://signup.com/go/AM4MpV

Fall Semester Academic Awards Assembly: On Monday, February 13th, please join us as we celebrate our students who have earned academic awards for 1st semester. It will be held in the gym at 2pm.

Campus Ministry

Many students have already signed up to volunteer at St. Elizabeth’s school on Fridays after school until 2:30 p.m. You can still make the most of Friday afternoon service time because there is plenty of room for more volunteers! Students can sign up on the hall bulletin board here at Lumen. Parents are also welcome to email Liz @ eloeffler@lumenchristiak.org or call Lumen’s main office for parent sign up!
All students grades 6-8 are invited to St. Benedict’s Junior High youth group on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at 6pm.
Students who attend their Parish’s Youth group can earn extra points in Theology Classes!
It is great to see so many new altar servers serving for our school Masses. There is plenty of room for more! We invite all Catholic students who have never served to be trained here at school.

Holy Rosary’s Drama Production:

Holy Rosary Academy presents

Shakespeare’s Macbeth

Our Lady of Guadalupe’s Lunney Center

January 20th-21st, 2017

12:30 PM and 7:00 PM each day

Dinner available before Saturday evening show at 6:00 PM for $25 per plate

Ticket prices: $4 Students/Children, $7 General Admission

Questions & Reservations at 907-276-5822 or frontoffice@hraak.com

Shoparoo: Shoparoo is an app in which you simply take photos of receipts on your smartphone and submit. Lumen then earns “Roo Points” which are converted at the end of the year into a donation to the school. Mrs. Estes and Mrs. Brewer both got this app on their phones and it is super easy and fun to use. Follow these simple steps after you download the app from either the App Store or on Google Play:

SHOP: Shop for any product, at any store.
SNAP: Take a picture of your receipt.
EARN: Earn cash donations & sweepstakes entries

Link to Signup.com: Below is a link where you will find all of Lumen’s current signups in one spot.

http://www.volunteerspot.com/group/151523700124?utm_source=group-badge-volunteer-green